Stressful factors in the working environment, lack of adequate sleep, and musculoskeletal pain among nursing unit managers
Background: Middle managers have not received enough attention within the healthcare field, and little is known how stressful factors in their work environment coupled with a lack of adequate sleep are related to musculoskeletal pain. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between stre...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1619 2023-05-15T16:51:06+02:00 Stressful factors in the working environment, lack of adequate sleep, and musculoskeletal pain among nursing unit managers Sigursteinsdóttir, Hjördís Skuladottir, Hafdis Agnarsdóttir, Þórey Halldorsdottir, Sigridur Viðskiptadeild (HA) Faculty of Business Administration (UA) Hjúkrunarfræðideild (HA) Faculty of Nursing (UA) Hug- og félagsvísindasvið (HA) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (UA) Heilbrigðisvísindasvið (HA) School of Health Sciences (UA) Háskólinn á Akureyri University of Akureyri 2020-01-20 673 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1619 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020673 en eng MDPI AG International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;17(2) https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/673/pdf Sigursteinsdóttir, H., Skúladóttir, H., Agnarsdóttir, T., & Halldórsdóttir, S. (2020). Stressful factors in the working environment, lack of adequate sleep, and musculoskeletal pain among nursing unit managers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(2). doi:10.3390/ijerph17020673 1660-4601 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1619 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi:10.3390/ijerph17020673 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Stress Sleep Pain Nurses Streita Svefn Sársauki Hjúkrunarfræðingar info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1619 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020673 2022-11-18T06:51:52Z Background: Middle managers have not received enough attention within the healthcare field, and little is known how stressful factors in their work environment coupled with a lack of adequate sleep are related to musculoskeletal pain. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between stressful factors in the work environment, lack of adequate sleep, and pain/discomfort in three body areas. Methods: Questionnaire was sent electronically to all female nursing unit managers (NUM) in Iceland through the outcome-survey system. The response rate was 80.9%. Results: NUM who had high pain/discomfort in the neck area also had very high pain/discomfort in the shoulder area and pain in the lower back. The results also revealed positive a medium-strong correlation between mental and physical exhaustion at the end of the workday and musculoskeletal pain. Stress in daily work, mental strain at work, and being under time-pressures had hardly any correlation with pain/discomfort in the three body parts. Adequate sleep had a significant negative correlation with all stressful factors in the work environment and all three body parts under review. Conclusion: The results will hopefully lead to a better consideration of stressful factors in the work environment, sleep, and musculoskeletal pain in middle managers. Funding: This study was funded partly by The Icelandic Nurses’ Association—Science Fund. Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 2 673 |
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Background: Middle managers have not received enough attention within the healthcare field, and little is known how stressful factors in their work environment coupled with a lack of adequate sleep are related to musculoskeletal pain. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between stressful factors in the work environment, lack of adequate sleep, and pain/discomfort in three body areas. Methods: Questionnaire was sent electronically to all female nursing unit managers (NUM) in Iceland through the outcome-survey system. The response rate was 80.9%. Results: NUM who had high pain/discomfort in the neck area also had very high pain/discomfort in the shoulder area and pain in the lower back. The results also revealed positive a medium-strong correlation between mental and physical exhaustion at the end of the workday and musculoskeletal pain. Stress in daily work, mental strain at work, and being under time-pressures had hardly any correlation with pain/discomfort in the three body parts. Adequate sleep had a significant negative correlation with all stressful factors in the work environment and all three body parts under review. Conclusion: The results will hopefully lead to a better consideration of stressful factors in the work environment, sleep, and musculoskeletal pain in middle managers. Funding: This study was funded partly by The Icelandic Nurses’ Association—Science Fund. Peer Reviewed |
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Viðskiptadeild (HA) Faculty of Business Administration (UA) Hjúkrunarfræðideild (HA) Faculty of Nursing (UA) Hug- og félagsvísindasvið (HA) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (UA) Heilbrigðisvísindasvið (HA) School of Health Sciences (UA) Háskólinn á Akureyri University of Akureyri |
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Stressful factors in the working environment, lack of adequate sleep, and musculoskeletal pain among nursing unit managers |
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Stressful factors in the working environment, lack of adequate sleep, and musculoskeletal pain among nursing unit managers |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;17(2) https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/673/pdf Sigursteinsdóttir, H., Skúladóttir, H., Agnarsdóttir, T., & Halldórsdóttir, S. (2020). Stressful factors in the working environment, lack of adequate sleep, and musculoskeletal pain among nursing unit managers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(2). doi:10.3390/ijerph17020673 1660-4601 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1619 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi:10.3390/ijerph17020673 |
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